The different files contain the underlying data of Conteduca, F.P., Borin, A. A New Dataset for Local and National COVID-19-Related Restrictions in Italy. 
Ital Econ J 8, 435–470 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40797-022-00197-0.

For the documentation on the dataset and the Italian Stringency Index (ItSI), please refer to https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40797-022-00197-0

For comments, suggestions, and clarifications, please write to francescopaolo.conteduca@bancaditalia.it

Last update: May 18, 2022.


Content:
1) local_restrictions_postdpcm.csv contains municipalities with ad hoc restrictions since November 2020
2) local_restrictions_postdpcm.csv contains ad hoc restrictions since November 2020 involving schooling
3) restrictions_municipalities.csv contains the ItSI in the Italian municipalities between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2022
4) restrictions_provinces.csv contains the ItSI in the Italian provinces (NUTS3) between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2022
5) restrictions_regions.csv contains the ItSI in the Italian regions (NUTS2) between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2022
6) sources_local_restr.csv contains the source of local restrictions in Italy
7) zone_restrictions_indicators.csv contains the information associated with each level of restrictions ("zona bianca" - white zone, "zona gialla" - yellow zone, 
   zona arancione - orange zone, zona rossa - red zone)
8) zones_panes contains the information on the zone assignment of each region between November 2020 and March 2022.
